Located in the west-central part of the state in Alabama’sBlack Belt, the area that now constitutes Hale County was home to three Alabama governors: Israel Pickens, John Gayle, and Thomas Seay. Hale County’s Moundville Archaeological Park includes a number of Mississippian-era mounds built by Native Americans more than 1,000 years ago. The town of Greensboro claims the title of Alabama’s “Catfish Capital” and was the birthplace of the Hale County Civic Improvement League, one of the nation’s first civil-rights associations.

ROUTES

Four distances

25 miles: an out and back to the Stewart Community Center

38 miles: a loop from Moundville to Akron and back

69 miles: from Moundville to Greensboro and back through the Talladega National Forest

100+ miles: Moundville to Greensboro with a loop through the southern part of Hale County then back through the Talladega National Forest